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So, why would a 16 year-old guy (i.e., me) be so happy about getting a vase for Christmas? What I should be happy about is that it's not actually my present, but my mother's; I'm only using it as a prop for this shot because I felt that none of my own gifts were quite as picturesque. Probably what I really wanted were ear transplants or a zitectomy. I set up my new Retinette for this bounce-flash Kodachrome and had my brother click it off. Later, I shot him pretending to be enthused upon unwrapping a box of handkerchiefs.
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High Power Home Audio System with BLUETOOTH® Technology
Enjoy higher quality BLUETOOTH streaming with LDAC™
LDAC is a new audio technology from Sony that allows you to enjoy the highest quality wireless audio via Bluetooth technology. With up to 3x the data transmitted, LDAC provides an enhanced wireless listening experience for all your music.
Create a party atmosphere
Pump up the atmosphere with club-like speaker illuminations. Lights are directed through a lens to spread a wide light pattern. You can control the lights on the system, and watch them sync to the beat of the music for a club-style dance floor at home.
Illuminated contol panel with touch keys
Enjoy easy control for music playback and party lights even in the dark, with the touch key and illuminated control panel.
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Pick it up and party anywhere, thanks to the one-box design. Whether you're hanging out with friends at home or taking the party elsewhere, the compact design features built-in handles for portability and convenience.
Karaoke features let you sing along
Karaoke competitions with your friends are easy: just hook the MHC-V50D up to a TV and pop in a karaoke DVD, or sing along to songs from YouTube™ via Bluetooth technology. Two mic inputs, plus scoring and sound effects let you team up with friends for the ultimate sing-off. A built-in vocal fader function even turns down the voice on CDs, so you can sing all your favourite songs.
DJ effects let you put your own spin on tracks
Get the crowd going with DJ effects. Four different effects set the stage for your party: Flanger creates a deep roaring effect; WAH distorts the audio; Isolator singles out a specific frequency band; and PAN sweeps the sound across speakers. You can use DJ effects with the Fiestable app and gesture control, so getting creative with your party playlists has never been easier.
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Hold your own mini concerts with the guitar input. Just plug in and press the Guitar key to enjoy powerful sound for your guitar. Play solo style, or connect a microphone to sing along.
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Easily connect to your TV and other devices with HDMI output. Thanks to an HDMI OUT port, all you have to do is hook up via a single cable.
Enjoy all your movies with a built-in DVD player
Break out your DVDs and watch them on the MHC-V50D built-in player. Enjoy every explosion, action sequence, and dramatic scene in cinematic surround sound that puts you in the heart of the action. Turn your living room into a theatre and host epic movie nights.
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Unite your music with Sony | Music Center
Download Sony | Music Center (previously called SongPal) for your smartphone or tablet and take control of your music collection. Simply connect over Bluetooth technology and you'll have seamless access to all your favourite tracks. The app can also be used to customise sound settings to ensure great, balanced audio.
USB port lets you plug in and play
Play tracks stored on a USB. Simply connect your device to the PLAY/REC port and you're ready to transfer music from CD to USB.
Audio input and output
Connect audio visual equipment with an audio input and output. Hook up a TV or extra speaker to give your home entertainment an audio boost.
Built-in CD player for your disc collection
Play classic albums or compilation discs with a built-in CD player. This Home Audio system is compatible with CD, CD-R and CD-RW discs – so you can enjoy everything from studio recordings to mixtapes and downloaded tracks.
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Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
- Description
- Blue jays are bright blue medium sized birds with blue head crests, black wing markings and black necklaces.
- Life History
Bright and bold, blue jays often travel in noisy family groups in late summer and fall. Their arrival at a bird feeder tends to clear the area of smaller birds. Blue jays are known to eat the eggs and young of other birds and often frighten the adults off the nest by imitating the call of a hawk. Groups of blue jays often attack owls, which they consider a threat.
Blue jays are one of the few birds that store food for use at another time. Blue jays eat insects and other invertebrates, small vertebrates including nestlings of other species, carrion, eggs, fruits and seeds. They use a number of behaviors to obtain food and defend themselves. In late summer, fall and winter they travel in large aggressive flocks that frighten other birds off of feeding areas and make predators think twice about bothering them. They use the call of hawks to frighten other birds. Females rarely leave the nest while incubating or rearing young. Males bring them food during this time.
Blue jays are generally unafraid of humans. In fact they have used human settlements in the west, with their resulting increase in food, water and vegetation, to expand their range. Most birdwatchers have mixed feelings about blue jays. They dislike their noisy aggressive behavior but appreciate their bold bright colors and cocky self assurance. In addition to their raucous, shrill side, jays can also emit a soft, low song and are unusually tame around humans.
- Distribution
- Blue jays are generally nonmigratory and are found throughout the eastern half of Texas, the U.S. and Canada. They have been expanding their range westward in urban and suburban areas due to habitat modification by humans.
- Other
- Early Texas folklore relates a tale of the blue jay being yoked to a plow by a sparrow. The mark left by the yoke can still be seen on the blue jay's breast.


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Engines carry enough self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) units for each crew member, hand tools for forcible entry, rescue and ventilation tools and emergency medical car equipment, including an automated external defibrillator (AED).
The crew of an engine company consist of a company officer (captain), apparatus driver (equipment operator) and one to two firefighters. At a fire, the main function of an engine company is to extinguish the fire as quickly as possible utilizing water streams generated from the fire pump on the engine.
Engine companies also respond to medical emergencies, which make up a majority of our calls.
Ladder trucks or truck companies are strategically positioned around the city to respond to fire calls, motor vehicle accidents, medical emergencies and service calls. These large trucks consist of a hydraulically operated aerial device, usually 100 feet in length, many with platforms for safety, fire suppression and rescue operations. These platforms can hold up to 4 people. A truck can be utilized to reach up to six to eight stories of high-rise buildings. Trucks can also be utilized to deliver master water streams on a fire of up to 1,500 gallons per minute.
Trucks carry a wide assortment of equipment including a full compliment of hand-raised ground ladders, ranging from 10 to 35 feet in length. Several power saws are carried for forcing entry and ventilation. Trucks carry salvage covers that are used to cover undamaged furniture and fixtures during firefighting operations. Additionally, trucks carry hydraulic extrication equipment, commonly referred to as the "Jaws of Life", which can be sued to extricate victims trapped in vehicle accidents or collapse situations. Engines carry enough self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) units for each crew member, emergency medical car equipment, including an automated external defibrillator (AED).
Currently, engine companies are housed at Fire Stations #1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.
The crew of a truck consists of a company officer (captain), apparatus driver (equipment operator) and one to two firefighters. At a fire scene, truck companies perform a multitude of duties including forcible entry, search and rescue, ventilation, salvage and overhaul, master water stream operations and with its aerial ladder, the truck provides access to upper floors of a structure. At some fires, it may be necessary for a truck to perform all of these duties, while at others, only some of them.
Currently, truck companies are housed at Fire Stations #2, 3, 6, and 10.
The Springfield Fire Department also operates two rescue units, based at Fire Stations #1 and #8. The truck contains hydraulic extrication equipment, power saws, hand tools utilized for forcing entry and rescue. Rescue trucks contains self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) for each rescue specialist assigned to the units. In addition, they contain ropes and harness equipment for high-angle rescue, salvage equipment, emergency medical equipment, and an automated external defibrillator (AED). Rescue 1 also has a water pump, a full load of fire hose and a water tank for fire fighting capabilities.
Typically, the rescue specialists are responsible for the removal of victims from areas of danger or entrapment.
Rescue 1 is equipped with a company officer (captain) and at least 3 rescue specialists. Rescue 8 is equipped with 2 rescue specialists.


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The shortest path between any two points on a snooker table is the straight line between them but what if the ball must bounce off one wall, or 2 walls, or 3 walls?
Four circles all touch each other and a circumscribing circle. Find the ratios of the radii and prove that joining 3 centres gives a 3-4-5 triangle.
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"Video is the future of content marketing. That is, if it's not the here and now." -Chris Trimble, Axonn Media
In 2013, ReelSEO released their Video Marketing Survey and Business Trends Report, which incorporated feedback from over 600 marketing respondents. They discovered the following:
– 93% of marketers are using video in their campaigns
– 84% are using video for website marketing
– 60% are using video for email marketing
– 70% are optimizing video for search engines
– 70% will increase spend on video
– 82% confirmed that video had a positive impact on their business
Clearly, video marketing works. Or at least marketers think it works. But where are they getting their numbers from, and what makes them feel so confident?
As it turns out, there is a whole lot of data that explains the year-over-year increase in video marketing. Video engagement is analyzed religiously by industry sites like ReelSEO and Wistia, and big players like YouTube aren't exactly shy about sharing. Visible Measures produced an excellent overview video on the state of online video that takes some of the more salient data points and throws them together, but we really should be paying more attention to the details.
What Does Video Engagement Look Like?
Before we talk about video marketing, though, we need to talk about video engagement.
One oft-quoted statistic is that viewer engagement has to happen within the first 10 seconds of watching a video. This little nugget of wisdom has been corroborated by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, which reports that the average attention span in 2013 was 9 seconds, one second less than the attention span of a goldfish.
Quite frankly, this factoid isn't helpful. Videos run the gamut from 6-second Vines to 10-minute vlogs. This is what we really want to know: where does engagement begin and where does it end?
The longer a video drags on, the lower its retention, which is expected. Yet videos under 1 minute enjoy 80% viewer retention up to the 30-second mark, while videos 2-3 minutes in length still enjoy 60% retention. 5-10 minute videos (which is just about the cutoff for video marketing purposes) still see over 50% viewer retention halfway through.
In other words, humans are still smarter than goldfish, and your viewers base how much of your video they watch on how long they think it will take them to get the gist of it. This means that you don't have to overload your production queue with Vines, Instagram videos, and 30-second shorts.
In other words, 100% viewer retention is not the goal. Neither is virality. The goal is engagement from your target viewer.
Except this still doesn't really answer one important question: How effective is video marketing?
The Who and What of Video Marketing
Diode Digital found that video promotion is 600% more effective than print and direct mail combined. They also found that, before reading any text, 60% of site visitors will watch a video if available.
Viewers remember videos better, too. Online Publishers Association observed way back in 2007 that 80% of viewers recall a video ad they have seen in the past 30 days. 26% of viewers then look for more info about the product, 22% visit the product site, 15% visit the brand site, and 12% make the purchase.
Business execs prefer watching video, too. Specifically, 59% of senior executives prefer video over text (WeCapture), 75% of executives watch videos while working (Forbes), and 65% navigate over to a site after viewing a related YouTube video.
None of this is really surprising when you take into account that one minute of video is worth 1.8 million words (Forrester Research). Content marketing is the art of doing more with less, and there's no question that video does this superbly.
But where, exactly, do we market videos to get our target viewers engaged?
The Where of Video Marketing
Video can be used in lots of places, and proficient video marketing comes from an understanding of which channels work for your brand and target audience. Much of the supporting data has focused on video on websites, social media/YouTube, mobile, and in emails.
Branded Website
The first and most obvious place to incorporate video is your website. The home page, landing pages, blog posts, etc., any page is fair game for video enhancement, and the data proves it.
Landing pages with video lead to 800% more conversion (FunnelScience). In fact, 88% of visitors stay longer on a site with prominent video displayed (MistMedia). Those that stay longer spend an average of 120 seconds more on a retail site and are 64% more likely to purchase after viewing a single product video (comScore).
52% of shoppers confess that watching product videos makes them more confident in making a purchase (Invodo). 40% of shoppers will even visit a store online or in-person after watching a video (Google). Online Publishers Association backs this up with a similar finding that 46% of surveyed shoppers would be more likely to seek out additional information about a product after seeing an online video.
The bottom line? Retail sites with video increase conversion by 30% (L2 Specialty Retail Report), and that was back in 2010.
But the love doesn't just stay at the top of the sales funnel. Even blog posts, traditionally used for bottom-of-the-funnel content marketing and loyalty, enjoy increased viewership with a simple spritzing of video. Moz found that incorporating video into a blog post attracts three times as many inbound links compared to blog posts without video.
Social Media
According to Simply Measured, video is shared 1200% more times than links and text combined. Diode Digital also discovered that 60% of viewers will watch video before reading any site text, and will share their experience when presented with a "share this video" button. Even more encouraging, Invodo reports that 92% of mobile video viewers share video.
These stats should be enough for most brands to start including videos in their social media updates, but many have been slow on the uptake. In fact, only 700 tweets a minute include YouTube video and only 120 tweets a minute include Vines, but over 9,100 tweets are sent every second (Twitter)!
Obviously, video is useful for social media engagement, yet the number of videos being shared on social media is significantly lower than you'd expect. Back in 2011, while 71% of companies were on Facebook and 59% were on Twitter, only 33% were on YouTube (UMass Dartmouth). The numbers tell the story: video marketing still hasn't been as readily adopted as other forms of content marketing.
In order to really get an idea of how video could be leveraged to increase a brand's social media presence, YouTube statistics are in order. ReelSEO's YouTube Statistics 2012 shed's light on the massive video search engine's reach by pointing out that 500 years' worth of YouTube video are watched on Facebook every day. It's no surprise that YouTube is the world's second biggest search engine after Google, or that YouTube accounts for 28% of all Google searches.
500 years' worth of video a day translates into 3042 hours worth of video watched simultaneously across the world each second. According to YouTube, more than 1 billion viewers watch its videos each month, clocking over 6 billion hours. One hour of video is uploaded to YouTube each second, 100 hours are uploaded each minute, and get this: more video is uploaded to YouTube in one month than the 3 major US networks have created in the past 60 years.
YouTube's Vice President of Global Content, Robert Kyncl, famously claimed that video will soon be 90% of all Internet traffic. No one's going to argue with him on that one.
Surprisingly, over 80% of YouTube traffic actually comes from outside the US, pointing to a huge global viewership many businesses haven't even begun to tap. Also surprising is the fact that mobile views make up more than 25 percent of YouTube's global watch time, which turns our attention to yet another video marketing channel.
Many laptop and desktop viewers only stick with video for 2 minutes or less, while mobile users are more patient. iPhone users watch 2.4 minutes on average, Androids users give 3 minutes of their time, Symbian users 4 minutes, and iPad users 5 minutes (Visible Measures). Translated into percentages, mobile and tablet shoppers are 300% as likely to view a video as laptop/desktop users (Invodo).
This could just be because of the difference in venues: online video is about 50% of all mobile traffic (Bytemobile Mobile Analytics Report), and is predicted to become 75% of all mobile data traffic by 2016 (Cisco). So, it makes sense that mobile viewers would be more accustomed to using their mobile devices to watch video. It would certainly explain why, as mentioned earlier, 92% of mobile viewers share videos.
The reign of mobile video doesn't look like it's going to end anytime soon, either. This makes mobile-ready websites and landing pages an absolute must. And you know what else mobile devices are good for? Checking emails.
Some of us think of email as an archaic, clunky form of communication that just makes our lives harder. Many people have a backlog of hundreds of unread messages that will go straight into the trash without being opened. In 2014, email marketing almost seems archaic when compared to hip alternatives like social media.
Yet nothing could be further from the truth. Gmail's new tab system was designed with email marketing in mind, and there's a lot of supporting data to back up the benefits of video for email campaigns.
Videos in email have been shown to increase click-through rates by over 96% on the first introductory email (Implix Email Marketing Trends Survey). GetResponse reported similar numbers with its observation that emails with video have a 5.6% higher open rate and a 96.4% higher click-through rate. The effect video has on press releases is even more impressive: multimedia press releases with video are viewed 970% more than text-only (PR Newswire).
Put another way, email subscriber dropout is reduced by 75% with the incorporation of video (Eloqua). And get this: emails with the word "video" in the subject line are opened 7% more often (Experian). That's all it takes.
For convenience, Wistia's You've Got [Video] Mail compiles most of the relevant data on video in email marketing in one handy infographic.
The When and Why of Video Marketing
In short, video is everywhere these days, and with good reason.
Brands that haven't yet tested out video marketing are seriously doing themselves a disservice. Even if a start-up or scale-up doesn't have the resource to commit to in-house production, outsourcing is always an option. As of December 2013, there were over 6,455 video production companies in the US, 2,206 postproduction services, and 384 distribution services (IBISworld1,2,3).
Yet, despite all the data supporting video marketing as the best ROI vehicle under the content marketing umbrella, brands have been slow to take action. The US video marketing spend in 2013 was only around $3 billion, and in 2016 that number is expected to reach $5.43 billion (Forrester Research), a paltry sum compared to the hundreds of billions of dollars that effective video marketing could generate in the long term.
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Anaheim, CA (January 21, 2012) -- The final day of the NAMM show found our editors tracking gear and traveling, while traffic on the floor slowed and manufacturers prepared to
Anaheim, CA (January 21, 2012) -- The final day of the NAMM show found our editors tracking gear and traveling, while traffic on the floor slowed and manufacturers prepared to pack up. Of course, you can see everything we shot today in our photo gallery from the floor and watch all the video demos we've completed so far. But here are a few favorites from today that we chose before hopping a plane back home.
Framus Vintage Billy Lorento
Framus debuted their new Vintage Billy Lorento semi-hollowbody at NAMM 2012. It features a laminated spruce top, flamed-maple laminate back and sides, a set mahogany neck, a rosewood fretboard with block inlays, and vintage-style single-coils. It will street for $1,399.
James Trussart Acoustic Resonator
James Trussart's NAMM booth is always a dependable stop for face-slappingly cool new toys. This year's most remarkable addition was this P-90-equipped new acoustic resonator, which features a crocodile-texture finish.
Marleaux Diva Basses
Marleaux Bass Guitars introduced this pair of Diva bass models at the show. Bassists are able to access three entire octaves on the Diva's 3-piece padouk neck topped with a rosewood fretboard.
Levana Phase-One
Levana released the Phase-One (analog) phase-shifting pedal that features a phase fx-pause, which allows the user to literally stop the phase cycle. The vibe control switch on the unit cancels one of the two phase signals, thereby creating a subtle vibrato effect.
Klon Reissue
The elusive Klon overdrive made an appearance. The original silver face is on the right and a prototype of the upcoming version is on the left.


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PORTLAND, Ore. – A tornado struck an Oregon beach town, sending debris flying and toppling power lines and trees as strong winds and heavy rain walloped the Pacific Northwest.
Thousands of people were without power as utility crews in the region prepared for what's expected to be an even rougher storm on Saturday.
In Seattle, a 4-year-old boy and his father were injured by a falling tree branch Friday. The Seattle Fire Department said the child suffered serious injuries and the father minor injuries.
The Coast Guard and other agency officials near Port Angeles, Wash., had made several trips to rescue 40 teenagers and six adults who became stranded at an outdoor recreation camp after they lost power and downed trees blocked their way out.
The National Weather Service in Portland, Ore., urged people to stay off roads as multiple streets in the city were flooded and impassable after heavy rains hit the area Friday evening.
The tornado was reported on the northern Oregon coast. Tillamook County Sheriff Andy Long said it touched down in the city of Manzanita about 8:20 a.m. There were no reports of injuries.
Debbie Harmon, owner of the Amanita Galley, said most of the damage is near the beach and downtown.
"It was a normal beach storm, which we get a lot of, and then out of nowhere the wind went 'whoooo,'" she said. "Suddenly the whole sky was filled with debris. It was just crazy. And then it just stopped."
The mayor declared a state of emergency — a necessary step for the small town 90 miles west of Portland to be eligible for federal disaster money.
Long said two businesses were destroyed and one home is uninhabitable. He says other homes have roof damage. The Red Cross opened a shelter for those affected.
Julee Ward, who lives between Manzanita and Nehalem, said she awoke to violent thunderstorms and an eerie, dark sky. Her husband went outside to check on things after 8 a.m. and called for her to come out.
"Behold there was this big tornado flying about a mile away from our house," she said. "There was debris flying everywhere ... you could see the debris up in the funnel."
Video shot by her husband showed a massive funnel spilling down from dark clouds.
"You could hear it howling too, which was the crazy part," she added.
The National Weather Service said another twister made landfall about 9 a.m. near Oceanside, Ore., but no damage was reported. A total of 10 tornado warnings were issued.
The heavy rain created dangerous conditions throughout the region , as drivers tried to see out rain-pounded windshields and navigate through standing water on roads.
In Oregon, Portland General Electric reported that more than 4,000 customers were without power early Friday. Pacific Power reported that 2,800 customers in coastal communities had no lights, down from a peak of more than 15,000.
At one point, 15,000 customers were without power in Seattle.
Portland had the rainiest Oct. 13 in its history. In addition, the National Weather Service says a 103-mph wind gust was recorded at Cape Meares.
In Washington, Puget Sound Energy responded to scattered outages affecting thousands of people throughout the day. Lightning strikes hit the southwest Washington coast.
In northern Nevada, winds gusting up to 76 mph fueled a wild fire that has destroyed at least 22 homes and charred 3 square miles of brush and timber in a rural valley between Carson City and Reno.
Meteorologists expect a lull before the remnants of Typhoon Songda, which wreaked havoc in the western Pacific days ago, hit the Pacific Northwest on Saturday. Forecasters say wind gusts as high as 70 mph could sweep through Seattle. Mayor Ed Murray urged residents to avoid the city's many parks during the wet weekend weather.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was rushing to fix a 300-foot section of a rocky coastal retaining wall in La Push, Wash. The jetty had previously failed and the only thing remaining was a gravel berm, according to spokeswoman Patricia Graesser. A breach of the wall would expose the Quileute reservation, a Coast Guard station, and marina to direct Pacific wave action.
The same weather system is expected to affect Northern California, bringing rain, wind and coastal flooding to the San Francisco Bay Area through part of Saturday.
The storm also carried the potential for flash flooding in central Idaho, where nearly 300 square miles of mountainous terrain burned in a blaze earlier this year.


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Fat Quarter Shop has teamed up with Art Gallery Fabrics to present to you, AGF Stitched with Kimberly, which offers one-of-kind free quilt patterns exclusively for Fat Quarter Shop.
This season is the Birchen Quilt. I picked out some fabrics and used Triangles on a Roll to make this top. I used mostly Bonnie Christine's Hello, Bear collection and added one Leah Duncan print and three solids as well (not pictured). Both artists can be found at Art Gallery Fabrics. Photo from my Instagram account.
And two progress shots.
This is only the top. It looks complicated, but it was a fairly straight-forward quilt to make. Fat Quarter Shop offers a nice video on how to construct it, as well as a few tips.
I think this is by far the busiest quilt I have ever made to date. It was fun!
Is it any surprise there is black in this quilt? :)
I was bummed. I don't use any special software to mock up my blocks with its fabrics. I just try to envision my projects in my head and hope and say a silent prayer everything will work out in the end. Does anyone else do this too? Luckily, I had chosen the black subway print as well because it became my saving grace.
The location for this shot is right down the street from me. I call it the Coco-cola Bar because of the old timey large red coke sign out front, and well, it's a bar. I'm not sure if this old place even has a name except to the locals that frequent it. I love how the wind kicked up this top and made one diamond the focal point. Thank you Mother Nature.
You can find the pattern here, and you can see other quilters' interpretations of the Birchen quilt here. You can also purchase a quilt kit.
Thanks for stopping in today! Feel free to follow along on Bloglovin'.
xx nancy
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One year ago: Cargo Duffle by Anna Graham
Two years ago: Paper pieced star
Three years ago: 30 Fat quarter projects


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The General Assembly is back in session and tax increases will be the major story.
Legislators are almost surely going to raise the gasoline tax by as much as 15 cents and might triple the flush tax before they adjourn this spring, but Gov. Martin O'Malley opined this week he would support a different increase. If it were up to him to address the operating budget deficit of approximately $600 million and infrastructure funding woes, he would increase the sales tax for the second time in his tenure.
On The Marc Steiner Show on WEAA, O'Malley surprised some with his sales tax hike talk. He said the 2008 increase from 5 percent to 6 percent (or 6 cents on every dollar) helped the state avoid massive economic woes associated with the recession. He said increasing it to 7 percent would have a similar impact.
"That one penny could solve that operating budget problem. … Frankly, if I had my druthers, I would rather do the one penny on the sales tax. It gives us the flexibility, have that address our operating needs and then transition that into the sort of revenue stream that then allows us to have a greater bonding capacity for future transportation," O'Malley said. "That's what I would like to do. However, while the governor is one very important player here, it requires the House and the Senate to pass these things."
On that last point, it appears O'Malley does not have the support for the sales tax increase, as Senate President Mike Miller called it a "non-starter."
Outrage has been heard over the last few weeks over the bail and bond process for Andre Kaczynski, the local man who was high on PCP when he slammed into a passenger vehicle on Coastal Highway in mid-December, critically injuring an 18-month-old child. After the initial accident, Kaczynski was released after posting a percentage of his $100,000 bond. When he was arrested again on PCP possession charges just six days later, a visiting District Court judge released Kaczynski again on a $25,000 bond, despite an initial "hold without bail" ruling by a court commissioner.
In many cases, a prosecutor will sit in on bail reviews and bond hearings, especially when the case has considerable weight, in order to inform the judge of extenuating circumstances. While they don't sit in on every bail review as most are fairly routine, the Worcester County State's Attorney's Office reportedly did send a representative to Kaczynski's bond review in front of a visiting judge four days later.
"There has been some conjecture we didn't have somebody available at the bond review," said State's Attorney's Office spokesman William McDermott this week. "The State's Attorney's Office was present, but the visiting judge set bond without asking for any input."
In addition, a State's Attorney's Office representative was on hand for Kaczynski's preliminary hearing in front of a court commissioner following his second arrest.
"At least with this one, we sent somebody to his hearing in front of the commissioner. That's how we had the original 'no bail" set," McDermott said.
While many complain about the slow pace of government, and rightfully so, a bill of local importance introduced by Sen. Jim Mathias on the first day of the session on Wednesday could be the first piece of legislation passed this year.
Senate Bill 46 would repeal the current boundaries for the county commissioner districts in Somerset County and replace them with a new set of boundaries. While the commissioner elections in Somerset will not be held until 2014, there are school board elections in Somerset this year and the filing deadline for candidates passed this week without a firm grasp on what the final districts might look like.
Senate Bill 46 addresses that issue and was introduced as emergency legislation on Wednesday morning. By Wednesday afternoon, it has cleared committee and passed unanimously on the Senate floor early yesterday morning. The bill was expected to cross over to the House yesterday and appears to be a lock to be approved as early as today and sent to the governor for his signature.


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EA Plans For Next-Gen Used Game Policy To Benefit Gamers
EA Labels president Frank Gibeau discussed the company's used games strategy for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One during an E3 analyst call earlier today.
Gibeau confirmed that EA is currently coming up with their strategy in the wake of Microsoft and Sony conferences that raised further discussion in the used games debate. While Microsoft appears to be leaving the choice of used game restrictions or fees up to individual publishers, it is still unclear what the Xbox One will or will not allow in terms of pre-owned titles.
Gibeau says that the decision that EA comes to will ultimately benefit "gamers first." With Sony's confirmation Monday that there will be no DRM restriction for the PlayStation 4, it would seem that the positive public response could have EA leaning toward less restrictions on used games rather than imposing fees or online passes for multiplayer.
Keep in mind, this information arrives shortly after EA's recent decision to nix online passes and the publisher's Sim City controversy. But the ultimate question EA will face if there are fees to play used games will likely be: "How will this benefit gamers?"
What do you think the publisher has planned for used games in the next console generation? Stay tuned for more information, and let us know in the comments.
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New Car/Review
by Tom Hagin
SEE ALSO: Acura Buyer's Guide
Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price | $ 25,310 |
Price As Tested | $ 25,745 |
Engine Type | VTEC SOHC 24-valve 3.0 Liter V6 w/PPFI* |
Engine Size | 183 cid/2997 cc |
Horsepower | 200 @ 5000 RPM |
Torque (lb-ft) | 195 @ 4800 RPM |
Wheelbase/Width/Length | 106.9"/70.1"/190" |
Transmission | Four-speed automatic |
Curb Weight | 3234 pounds |
Fuel Capacity | 17.2 gallons |
Tires (F/R) | P205/55R16 89V |
Brakes (F/R) | Disc (ABS)/disc (ABS) |
Drive Train | Front-engine/front-wheel-drive |
Vehicle Type | Five-passenger/two-door |
Domestic Content | 70 percent |
Coefficient of Drag (Cd.) | N/A |
EPA Economy, miles per gallon city/highway/average | 20/28/26 |
0-60 MPH | 8 seconds |
1/4 Mile (E.T.) | 86 seconds @ 17 mph |
Top speed | 135 mph |
* Programmed port fuel injection
Acura has targeted the empty-nesters or the post-family baby boomers as prime candidates for its new-last-year CL lineup. The CL also fares well with the value-minded car shopper, and many are surprised at how much car they get for the money. It comes as the four-cylinder 2.3CL, and our tester this week, the 3.0CL.
OUTSIDE - The CL is the first Acura model designed, manufactured and assembled in this country at the company's various Ohio operations. It uses crisp, hard edges offset by smooth, soft lines, and while its nose looks somewhat like the front of the new Honda Accord Coupe, the rest of its shell, especially the "bobbed-tail" treatment, creates a styling niche of its own. Thin strips of chrome surround the side windows and new grille, and last year's matte-black extensions under the side sills and bumpers are now painted body-color. The CL's trunk can swallow over 17 cubic feet of cargo, with a very low liftover height, and amazingly, there is no lock cylinder in the trunk lid. New this year are brightly finished alloy wheels with 205/55R16 Michelin performance tires.
INSIDE - Inside the CL is all the luxury an Acura buyer expects. The standard upholstery is a durable Moquette cloth, though the CL Premium package adds leather. Our car had the cloth, but a leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob, along with simulated woodgrain trim on the dash and door panels, are standard on all models. Large, thickly bolstered front bucket seats are comfortable and wide, and on 3.0 CL models, the driver's seat is powered eight ways. The driver's seat also automatically powers forward when the seatback is folded, giving easier access to the rear seating area. A rear fold-down armrest provides a pass-through from the trunk, and new this year are remote audio controls on the steering wheel. Standard 3.0CL features include automatic climate control, power windows, door locks and outside mirrors (also heated), lighted vanity mirrors, rear window defroster, cruise control, HomeLink transmitter, keyless entry, anti-theft alarm, Bose-brand CD stereo system and a power glass moonroof.
ON THE ROAD - The 3.0 model is powered by a 3.0 liter V6 engine with dual overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder. This all-aluminum lightweight V6 uses a 60-degree V-angle, versus the 90-degree angle of previous Acura engines. It needs to be this narrow, however, so it can fit inside the snug engine bay. It produces 200 horsepower and 195 lb-ft of torque on regular unleaded gasoline, and delivers its power to a front-wheel-drive transaxle. It uses Honda's patented VTEC (Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control) valve train technology, a system that uses an extra set of camshaft lobes to give both low-rpm efficiency and high-rpm power. The system works well and other manufacturers have begun using their own versions of the system in their production cars. Mated to this is a smooth-shifting four-speed automatic transmission with Grade Logic, a system that determines whether the car is going uphill or down, then automatically changes to the best possible gear.
BEHIND THE WHEEL - Both CL models ride atop ultra-rigid unit-body construction with four-wheel double wishbone suspension that uses coil springs, gas-pressurized tube shocks and stabilizer bars front and rear. On 3.0 models, the front suspension is mounted to a rubber-isolated subframe to reduce noise, vibration and harshness. Double wishbone suspension does an excellent job of keeping the tires in constant contact with the road and the CL's suspension in particular uses unequal-length transverse links to help it tracking smoothly through corners along with many other benefits too numerous to list here. Variable-assist rack-and-pinion steering is no longer the wonder-system it was just a few years ago, but the CL's version is torque-sensitive, which varies the amount of power boost based on friction between the tires and the roadway. Three-channel, four-wheel disc brakes with an anti-lock braking system (ABS) are standard.
SAFETY - Dual airbags, ABS and side-impact protection are standard.
OPTIONS - Our test car had no options; destination added $435.


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Board selection of executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities reinforces commitment to supporting College's key mission.
ATLANTA, November 12, 2012 – The Morehouse College Board of Trustees today announced that Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. has been named the College's 11th president. The appointment follows a rigorous, nationwide search conducted with professional recruitment firm Heidrick & Struggles. The search was launched following the January 2012 announcement that Dr. Robert M. Franklin would be transitioning from his role as president at the end of the year.
"I thank the Board and the search consultants for their thorough evaluation of the excellent pool of candidates and commend all on their outstanding recommendation," said Robert C. Davidson Jr., chairman of the Morehouse College Board of Trustees. "Dr. Wilson has the vision, experience and passion to ensure that Morehouse continues to advance its aim of producing global leaders who will continue to make a difference in the world. His record of academic excellence and public service is exemplary of the standard we hold for Morehouse Men. The Board and I are confident that, with his leadership, we will be well-positioned to continue delivering the educational environment that prepares our students for lives of leadership and service."
Wilson, a 1979 graduate of the College, comes to Morehouse with more than 25 years of leadership in higher education and a strong and successful record in institutional fund raising. In addition, Wilson has extensive expertise in defining and advancing the interests of black colleges through his research at George Washington University, his service on the Spelman College Board of Trustees and as executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
"John has been a trusted voice, helping my administration follow through on our commitment to strengthen historically black colleges and universities," said President Barack Obama. "I wish John the best as he takes on this important new role as the president of Morehouse College and as he continues to inspire more of our nation's youth to pursue higher education."
As executive director of the White House Initiative, Wilson worked to strengthen the capacity of 105 HBCUs and led his team to work with the White House, 32 federal agencies, and the private corporate and philanthropic sectors in securing
"John has been a leader among leaders, advocating for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and challenging them to be the best they can be," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. "Morehouse College is fortunate to have John as its next president, and President Obama and I are fortunate to benefit from John's continuing commitment to reach our national goal of leading the world in college graduates by 2020."
Wilson will officially assume the role of president at the end of January 2013. Willis B. Sheftall Jr., interim provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs, will serve as acting president from January 1, 2013, until Wilson officially takes office.
"Throughout his distinguished career, Dr. Wilson has demonstrated his commitment to supporting the critical role HBCUs serve within our national educational landscape," said Robert M. Franklin, 10th president of Morehouse. "Our institution and our students will be very well served by Dr. Wilson's experience, focus and passion.
"I am honored to be chosen to lead this hallowed institution and my alma mater," said Wilson. "Dr. Franklin's efforts to raise the international profile of the College and advance our mission through his 'Morehouse Renaissance' are just a few among the many significant accomplishments by which he will be remembered. I thank the Board for its confidence in my leadership and look forward to working with faculty, students and staff, and continuing our proud tradition of producing global leaders."
Before working with the White House Initiative, Wilson was an associate professor of higher education in the Graduate School of Education at George Washington University (GWU). He also served as the executive dean of GWU's Virginia campus, and he helped to develop a strategic plan for the university. While at GWU, the focus of his research and teaching included advancement and finance in higher education and the role of black colleges and universities.
Wilson spent the first 16 years of his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), ultimately becoming the director of foundation relations and assistant provost, where he more than doubled the productivity of the office he managed and reached a record annual revenue stream of more than $50 million.
He received his bachelor's degree from Morehouse and graduate degrees from Harvard University, including his master of theology and both a master's and a doctoral degree in administration, planning and social policy. While working at MIT, he served as a teaching fellow in Harvard University's Afro-American Studies Department in its Graduate School of Education.
For 10 years, Wilson served as the president of the Greater Boston Morehouse College Alumni Association. In that role, he led an effort to raise more than half a million dollars toward scholarships and another half million dollars toward community outreach for his alumni chapter. In 1998, Morehouse awarded him the Benjamin Elijah Mays (Bennie) Award in Leadership.
Wilson recently has served as a consultant to the United Negro College Fund Institute for Capacity Building's HBCU Institutional Advancement Program and on the Kresge Foundation's Black College Advisory Board. From 1996 through
2000, he served as chairman of the Alumni Council of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has served on the boards of both the Samaritans and the Andover Newton Theological School.
He is married to Dr. Carol Espy-Wilson, an engineering professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. They have twin daughters and a son.
As the nation's largest, private liberal arts college for men, Morehouse College was recently recognized as one of the top 100 Social Media Colleges by Studentadvisor.com; as one of the top liberal arts college in the nation by Washington Monthly; one of 45 "Best Buy" schools for 2011 by the Fiske Guide to Colleges; one of the nation's Most Grueling Colleges in 2010 by The Huffington Post; and the number three HBCU in the nation for 2012 by U.S. News and World Report.
Prominent alumni include Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize winner and civil and human rights non-violent leader; Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. Surgeon General and director of the National Center for Primary Care of Morehouse School of Medicine; Shelton "Spike" Lee, filmmaker and president of 40 Acres & A Mule Productions; Samuel L. Jackson, Academy Award-nominated actor; Maynard H. Jackson, founder of Jackson Securities and the first African American mayor of Atlanta; and Nima A. Warfield, the first African American Rhodes Scholar from an HBCU.
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Please Note: I am not going to name the websites which have these horrible standards for their clients and users.
I have had to change my passwords for my routine update just recently in the last few months, several of my major services that I use forces weaker password standards. These weaker standards, which all of my passwords has to have, is special symbols (!@#$%^&*
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A few of the major issues which came up with my password using their standards of a password is as following:
- Must not start with a number
- Must not have a special character
- Must be a max of 8 to 12 characters long (depending on the service)
Why would they promote weaker passwords with these requirements?
I thought that passwords were suppose to (currently) be as long as we want, have special characters, and who cares if it starts with a number, etc, etc, etc.
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I may have forgotten details of what is going on, but I can provide some more information on the issues that I am seeing seeing here.
One of these services is my banking company and the other is my cellphone service provider. I am stuck with these two services given where I live. These services are widely used, so they should be able to afford high-quality security.


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The polyplasmic archophone is a fresh approach to high voltage "arc music". They are using an Arduino clone to convert signals for the ignition coils. It is still unfinished, but the effect is decent. In the end it will have 2 tiers of voice coils for a total of 13. They are using different materials for the antenna so they can get different colors of sparks. You can see a video of it after the break and we must say the effect is quite nice. Change the lighting on that video and we could imagine this being the set to a [Joules Verne] movie.
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Hyundai Dealers Closing
This last weekend I took my 2007 Elantra SE in for its first free oil change. The selling dealer, Fuccillo Hyundai in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, gave me a card for five free oil changes when I bought the car last year. Well, when I arrived for my oil change I found an empty lot where the dealership use to be. I called Hyundai customer service and they did not appear to know why Fuccillo Hyundai closed. I am starting to get a little concerned because this is the third large Hyundai dealership to close in my area in the last three years. I was told that Fuccillo is the largest Hyundai dealer, by volume, in the country with four dealerships in upstate New York and one dealership in Los Angeles. Is there something that Fuccillo knows that we don't? After all, isn't Los Angeles supposed to be the car capital?
Have any of you had dealerships close in your area for no reason?
Have any of you had dealerships close in your area for no reason?
bperots Member Posts: 8Fuccillo has expanded across New York in the last year and has opened Hyundai dealerships across the state. No ideas about LA.0
backy Member Posts: 18,949I read a story in my local paper yesterday about the general trend for car dealers to consolidate. This is especially the case for domestic brands, but foreign brands like Hyundai are not immune. In my area, a new Hyundai dealership was recently opened by a group that already has one. That gives us six in the Twin Cities metro area, and three more within about 90 miles. Maybe there were just too many Hyundai dealerships in L.A.0
mike91326 Member Posts: 251Well, I talked to the person who I bought from at Fuccillo (he's now at a different Hyundai dealer) and he told me there were a couple of reasons that Fuccillo closed. First, when he came to LA he had an agreement with Hyundai not to open any other dealerships in his sales area for three years. The three years are now up and Hyundai wants to open additional dealerships in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. Second, he wanted to expand the dealership location but the city of LA wanted a lot of improvements and consessions on his dime.0
arcadia91007 Member Posts: 1Just got a letter from Scott Hyundai in El Monte, a suburb of the Los Angeles, saying they are "voluntarily returning their franchise" but would continue to service my Elantra at their Chevrolet dealership. I would be interested if anyone knows the reason for what appears to be a consolidation in the Los Angeles market.0
mike91326 Member Posts: 251How long was Scott Hyundai is business? If I remember correctly, Hyundai has always done well in the east and central part of the country but has had a harder time on the west coast.0
doohickie Member Posts: 949Haven't seen anything like this in Texas. One Hyundai dealer did go out of business in Arlington but reopened in pretty much the same site a couple months later under new management. They are a BIG Hyundai dealership.0
larkspur Member Posts: 5May I ask which Hyundai dealership the Canoga Park Fuccillo person is at now? I'm totally frustrated with Hyundai's non-availability of service, and worse, Corporate's "don't give a damn" attitude toward customers. They have no understanding whatsoever of traffic gridlock in LA, even though they're "next door" in Orange County. I'm not driving to LAX or Culver City. The Thousand Oaks dealer (Ladin) doesn't have Saturday service hours.(Neither did the Glendale dealer I bought the car from...big mistake on my part.) My best bet is the Oxnard dealer (Todey)but that's a 45 mile drive, though less hassle than LAX. Are there any reliable independent Hyundai-trained technicians in the San Fernando Valley, someone of the caliber of Exclusive Auto in Canoga Park (domestic cars only, unfortunately)?0
mike91326 Member Posts: 251He went to LAX Hyundai. I understand that there is a dealer near Magic Mountain that has Saturday service hours.0
nycdc911 Member Posts: 27Hyundai needs a new luxury division called Genesis badly. Current Hyundai dealerships are still upset Hyundai isn't making $8000 cars for their poor customers. They have no clue about how to sell a luxury car and their customers can't afford it. Just the name Hyundai is one of the worst, hard to pronounce, and offputting names for a company in the English language. Hyundai owners are going to have to say "hyundai" a lot in their daily life, many if not most people don't even know how to pronounce it and wouldn't want to if they could. And Equus?? Genesis is an ideal name and isn't a made up cheesy word like Acura, Infiniti, or Lexus.
Seriously, Kia sounds cool but if I was Hyundai I would consider changing the name of the whole brand just like Datsun became Nissan years ago. And tell whoever's planning on selling Ssangyong cars from Korea to stop smoking crack, one S might be doable but 2?? Hyundai dealers claim they can't even give away Azeras now that Hyundai stopped advertising it. Nobody's going to want to buy a Hyundai costing $35-40,000 with options. I know I wouldn't want it because of the hard to pronounce and unpleasant "Hyundai" name alone.
Instead of calling it the Hyundai Genesis, it should be the first car in a new luxury Genesis division and be called simply the Genesis M luxury performance sedan. The different engines would be distinguished as the Genesis M 4.6 or Genesis M 3.8. The number denoting engine size wouldn't be officially part of the name much like the Audi A4 3.2 or 1.8 or whatever is still called just the A4. The Genesis name would be centered between the taillights, "M" would be above the left taillight, and 4.6 above the right taillight. A lot of people would consider buying an AWD loaded Genesis M 4.6 since it's basically an LS460 or next generation M45 for less than the price of an ES350 or G35. Reshape the M's Camry-like grill and come up with daring designs in the future, hire some Italians.
Future Genesis models could include the S for a smallish sports sedan to compete against ES350, G35, BMW 3, etc. An even smaller R sedan might not be necessary but could compete against the IS250, BMW 3, Audi A, etc. A large L sedan could compete against Lexus 600hL, BMW 760iL, Mercedes S class, etc. G coupe and C convertible hardtop and maybe B hardtop roadster could appeal to sports luxury buyers.
A Genesis X crossover SUV should be sold immediately alongside M as a rebadged and slightly restyled Veracruz with additional luxury features like real wood trim, navigation system, etc. Potentially a real offroading trucklike SUV could be sold as a V class or they could use V as the name for the 2010 Portico large minivan/SUV.0 -
joe97 Member Posts: 2,248The fact close to 90% of Azera buyers opt for the Limited trim, with most signing up for the Ultimate package, speaks volume for the perceive value of the Azera. Product product product, it sells itself.
Nobody's going to want to buy a Hyundai costing $35-40,000 with options.
I don't know, you might like to revisit such theory. As it is happening as we speak (e.g. Veracruz).0 -
eldaino Member Posts: 1,618this is hilarious. Not only do you state where the engine displacement HAS to be on the rear quarter of the car, but apparently, so that people know which car competes against what, they have to include the same letters as bmw, mercedes, and audi?0
pat Member Posts: 10,421Before we get too far afield here, let's keep in mind that the point of this discussion was/is whether Hyundai dealers are getting scarce.
The 2008-2009 Hyundai Genesis discussion is where we are talking about whether a luxury division is needed.
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backy Member Posts: 18,949I am in Anaheim for a few days. For the past two days I've been outside some and have been looking for Hyundais. I haven't seen many. Coming in from the Orange Co. airport, it was 20 mins before I say any Hyundai, a Gen 3 Elantra. Then I saw a few Sonatas, all but one the current model (perhaps some were rentals as I am near Disneyland). I have seen one Santa Fe and one new Elantra so far. That's it. So maybe the reason dealers are closing is that it's still the land of Japanese cars in CA. In contrast, there are six dealers in the Twin Cities, an area much smaller than the L.A. area, and 3 more within an hour's drive.0
larkspur Member Posts: 5Could well be that you're right. However, I think cause and effect are likely to be the other way around. People have stopped buying Hyundai products in Southern California because there are so few dealers, and certified (factory trained?) servicing is becoming such a pain to locate. And Corporate Hyundai doesn't care. They tell you nothing about when another dealership might be opening. They are also very hard on their existing dealerships. If a customer reports anything other than "Excellent" on their surveys, the dealer's bonus is taken away. (There is no "Very Good" option.) My 2003 Elantra has been a good little car, very reliable so far (except for the alarm system), but I'd dump it in a heartbeat, if I could afford another Honda Civic. (I have a great choice of Honda dealerships.) That's even though my last Civic was stolen in broad daylight.0
jschmoe Member Posts: 4The Manhattan and Bronx dealerships are both closed now! There are two in Weastchester, but for how much longer! I am hoping to get rid of my Hyumdai in the spring of 2008. I regret ever having bought a Hyundai. I can see why they're so inexpensive! I can't imagine every buying another one, even if they do stay in business.0
backy Member Posts: 18,949There was a report awhile back re Hyundai putting pressure on some dealers with poor customer service history to clean up their act or they would close them down. I wonder if that has anything to do with the closings in NYC?0
larkspur Member Posts: 5Given that a year has gone by since Fuccillo Hyundai abruptly shut down, I thought I'd e-mail Corporate and ask where and when a nearby replacement will open. Their response: Send us your VIN, your mileage, the servicing dealer, the nature of your complaint, and call us on the phone!!! When I repeated the question, they insisted they needed that information and had to talk to me in person. Can you spell Public Relations? This Korean corporation doesn't have a clue about how to treat people. Roll on the day when I can dump this Elantra and get another Honda. They have plenty of dealerships.0
larkspur Member Posts: 5Actually, picking up the phone isn't the issue. Why do I have to identify myself and my vehicle to get a simple question answered? I could have been a non-Hyundai owner wanting to know when the dealership would be replaced. Whatever...they're not interested in their reputation or the driving demographics of L.A. County. I will say no more. Period.0
bhmr59 Member Posts: 1,601Those responses seem like the "boiler plate" type of response on would get from the phone company or cable TV company.
Why not just pick up the phone as they suggested?
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mike91326 Member Posts: 251I agree with you 1000%. Hyundai's problem is not with there cars, I think we can all agree that they now make great competitive cars; it's with their dealer network. Here I live in the nation's second largest city and the closest Hyundai dealer is 30 minutes away when there's no traffic. Within that same 30 minutes I have my choice of four Toyota and three Honda dealers.0
ll0923 Member Posts: 3i just bought a hyundai. the salesmen were such conartists in NJ. They are horrible and don't explain everything to you. The prices they give you aren't the bottom line. They forget to include fees and taxes in the prices they are giving you. Walk away now, or consider yourself lucky for not having to deal with these disgusting people at Brad Benson dealerships. Sadly, it was only until after I was fooled that their Hyundai dealership is the worst of them all!0
espo35 Member Posts: 144Aren't you the same guy complaining about the high price of having your Hyundai serviced at the dealership?
Maybe you can try Jiffy Lube to honor your Hyundai Warranty....or better yet, maybe you can buy your next car there!0
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is a 2006 post-apocalyptic horror novel by Max Brooks.
Part I: Warnings[edit]
- I remember thinking, This had better be damned serious. Once I saw their faces, I regretted my wish.
- I found "Patient Zero" behind the locked door of an abandoned house across town. He was twelve years old. His wrists and feet were bound with plastic packing twine. Although he'd rubbed off the skin around his bonds, there was no blood. There was also no blood on his other wounds, not on the gouges on his legs or arms, or from the large dry gap where his right big toe had been. He was writhing like an animal; a gag muffled his growls.
- Their family usually had them bound and gagged. You'd see something moving in the back of a car, squirming softly under clothing or heavy blankets. You'd hear banging from a car's boot, or, later, from crates with airholes in the backs of vans. 'Airholes' … they really didn't know what was happening to their loved ones."
- In the cab there was a very wealthy investment banker from Xi'an. He'd made a lot of money buying up American credit card debt. He had enough to pay for his entire extended family. The man's Armani suit was rumpled and torn. There were scratch marks down the side of his face, and his eyes had that frantic fire I was starting to see more of every day. The driver's eyes had a different look, the same one as me, the look that maybe money wasn't going to be much good for much longer. I slipped the man an extra fifty and wished him luck. That was all I could do.
- Immediately we began to see bodies, men killed by their own booby traps. They looked like they'd been trying…running…to get out.
- They teach you how to resist the enemy, how to protect your mind and spirit. They don't teach you how to resist your own people, especially people who think they're trying to "help" you see "the truth."
- Why did so many outbreaks begin in hospitals? Illegal Chinese immigrants weren't going to hospitals. Do you know how many thousands of people got illegal organ transplants in those early years leading up to the Great Panic? Even if 10 percent of them were infected, even 1 percent…
- "Please," I begged, "you have to run!" I reached for her but she stabbed my hand. I left her there. I didn't know what else to do. She is still in my memory, when I sleep or maybe close my eyes sometimes. Sometimes she's my mother, and the crying children are my sisters.
- I know a lot of credit has been heaped upon the South African war plan, and deservedly so, but if more people had read our report and worked to make its recommendations a reality, then that plan would have never needed to exist.
Part II: Blame[edit]
- When you think about the CIA, you probably imagine two of our most popular and enduring myths. The first is that our mission is to search the globe for any conceivable threat to the United States, and the second is that we have the power to perform the first.-Bob Archer, Director of the CIA
- The facts were out; it was now a question of who would believe them.-Bob Archer, Director of the CIA
- This generation had had enough, and that's why when the undead began to devour our country, we were almost too weak and vulnerable to stop them. I'm not blaming the civilian leadership and I'm not suggesting that we in uniform should be anything but beholden to them. This is our system and it's the best in the world. But it must be protected, and defended, and it must never again be so abused. - Travis D'Ambrosia, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
- We knew Phalanx was a placebo, and we were grateful for it. It calmed people down and let us do our job.-Grover Carlson, former White House Chief of Staff
- We were in the hallway when I heard Jenna scream. I ran to her room, threw open the door. Another one, big, I'd say six and a half feet with giant shoulders and bulging arms. The window was broken and it had Jenna by the hair. She was screaming.
Part III: The Great Panic[edit]
- The swarm continued among the cars, literally eating its way up the stalled lines, all those poor bastards just trying to get away. And that's what haunts me most about it, they weren't headed anywhere.
- That was the worst part, watching the other ships we passed. Some of the onboard infected refugees had begun to reanimate. Some vessels were floating slaughterhouses, others just burned at anchor. People were leaping into the sea. Many who sank beneath the surface never reappeared.
- We relinquished our freedom that day, and we were more than happy to see it go. From that moment on we lived in true freedom, the freedom to point to someone else and say "They told me to do it! It's their fault, not mine." The freedom, God help us, to say "I was only following orders."
- No one would have expected [the escalation of nuclear hostilities], but then again, no one would have expected the dead to rise, now would they? Only one could have foreseen this, and I don't believe in him anymore.
- The opening bombardment took out at least three-quarters of them. Only three-quarters.
- You think that after watching all the wonders of modern warfare fall flat on their high-tech hyper ass, that after watching three months of the Great Panic and watching everything you knew as reality be eaten alive by an enemy that wasn't even supposed to exist that you're gonna keep a cool fucking head and a steady fucking trigger finger?
Well, we did! We still managed to do our job and make Zack pay for every fuckin' inch!
- Sure, we were unprepared, our tools, our training, everything I just talked about, all one class-A, gold-standard clusterfuck, but the weapon that really failed wasn't something that rolled off an assembly line. It's as old as…I don't know, I guess as old as war. It's fear, dude, just fear and you don't have to be Sun freakin Tzu to know that real fighting isn't about killing or even hurting the other guy, it's about scaring him enough to call it a day... "Shock and Awe"? Perfect name, "Shock and Awe"! But what if the enemy can't be shocked and awed? Not just won't, but biologically can't! That's what happened that day outside New York City, that's the failure that almost lost us the whole damn war. The fact that we couldn't shock and awe Zack boomeranged right back in our faces and actually allowed Zack to shock and awe us! They're not afraid! No matter what we do, no matter how many we kill, they will never, ever be afraid!
Part IV: Turning the Tide[edit]
- Paul Redeker always believed, well, perhaps not always, but at least in his adult life, that humanity's one fundamental flaw was emotion.
- First of all, there was no way to save everyone. The outbreak was too far gone.
- There was another reason for this partial evacuation, an eminently logical and insidiously dark reason that, many believe, will forever ensure Redeker the tallest pedestal in the pantheon of hell. Those who were left behind were to be herded into special isolated zones. They were to be "human bait," distracting the undead from following the retreating army to their safe zone.
- We were also under strict orders not to move the civilians. Even worse, we were ordered not to inform them of our departure!
- We got everything we deserved. "Where are you going?" they shouted from buildings. "Come back, you cowards!" I tried to answer. "No, we're coming back for you," I said. "We're coming back tomorrow with more men. Just stay where you are, we'll be back tomorrow." "Fucking liar!" I heard one woman shout. "You're letting my baby die!"
- As soon as the report came in, [General Lang] sat down at his desk, signed a few final orders, addressed and sealed a letter to his family, then put a bullet through his brain. Bastard. I hate him now even more than I did on the way to Hamburg... he knew this was just the first step of a long war and we were going to need men like him to win it... That's why he deserted us like we deserted those civilians. He saw the road ahead, a steep, treacherous mountain road. We'd all have to hike that road, each of us dragging the boulder of what he'd done behind us. [Lang] couldn't do that. He couldn't shoulder the weight.
- They say eleven million people died that winter, and that's just in North America.
Part V: Home Front USA[edit]
- The first labor survey stated clearly that over 65 percent of the present civilian workforce were classified F-6, possessing no valued vocation. We required a massive job retraining program. In short, we needed to get a lot of white collars dirty.
- The Allies had the resources, industry, and logistics of an entire planet. The Axis, on the other hand, had to depend on what scant assets they could scrape up within their borders. This time we were the Axis.
- Why do you need Stealth aircraft against an enemy that doesn't have radar?
- I remember the attorney general suggesting that we dump as many of them into the infested zones as possible, rid ourselves of the drain and potential hazard of their continued presence. Both the president and I opposed this proposition; my objections were ethical, his were practical. We were still talking about American soil, infested yes, but, hopefully one day to be liberated. "The last thing we needed," he said "was to come up against one of these ex-cons as The New Grand Warlord of Duluth." I thought he was joking, but later, I saw the exact thing happen in other countries.
- Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used. [...] The truth was that we were standing at what might be the twilight of our species and that truth was freezing a hundred people to death every night. They needed something to keep them warm. And so I lied, and so did the President, and every doctor and priest, every platoon leader and every parent. "We're going to be okay." That was our message. That was the message of every other filmmaker during the war. [...] There's a word for that kind of lie. Hope.
Part VI: Around the World and Above[edit]
- She... she wouldn't leave, you see. She insisted, over the objections of Parliament, to remain at Windsor, as she put it, "for the duration." [...] "The highest distinction is service to others." Her father had said that; it was the reason he had refused to run to Canada during the Second World War, the reason her mother had spent the blitz visiting civilians huddled in the tube stations beneath London, the same reason, to this day, we remain a United Kingdom. Their task, their mandate, is to personify all that is great in our national spirit. They must forever be an example to the rest of us, the strongest, and bravest, and absolute best of us. In a sense, it is they who are ruled by us, instead of the other way around, and they must sacrifice everything, everything, to shoulder the weight of this godlike burden. Otherwise, what's the flipping point? Just scrap the whole damn tradition, roll out the bloody guillotine, and be done with it altogether. They were viewed very much like castles, I suppose: as crumbling, obsolete relics, with no real modern function other than as tourist attractions. But when the skies darkened and the nation called, both reawoke to the meaning of their existence. One shielded our bodies, the other, our souls.
- I think most people would rather face the light of a real enemy than the darkness of their imagined fears. (p. 249)
- Ignorance was the enemy. Lies and superstition, misinformation, disinformation. Sometimes, no information at all. Ignorance killed billions of people. Ignorance caused the Zombie War. Imagine if we had known then what we know now. Imagine if the undead virus had been as understood as, say, tuberculosis was. Imagine if the world's citizens, or at least those charged with protecting those citizens, had known exactly what they were facing. Ignorance was the real enemy, and cold, hard facts were the weapons. (Page 194-195)
- When the last broadcast came from Buenos Aires, when that famous Latin singer played that Spanish lullaby, it was too much for one of our operators. He wasn't from Buenos Aires, he wasn't even from South America. He was just an eighteen-year-old Russian sailor who blew his brains out all over his instruments. He was the first, and since the end of the war, the rest of the IR operators have followed suit. Not one of them is alive today. The last was my Belgian friend. "You carry those voices with you," he told me one morning. We were standing on the deck, looking into that brown haze, waiting for a sunrise we knew we'd never see. "Those cries will be with me the rest of my life, never resting, never fading, never ceasing their call to join them."
Part VII: Total War[edit]
- Attack. When I first heard that word, my gut reaction was, "oh shit". Does that surprise you? Of course it does. You probably expected "the brass" to be just champing at that bit, all that blood and guts, "hold 'em by the nose while we kick 'em in the ass" crap. I don't know who created the stereotype hard-charging, dim-witted, high school football coach of a general officer. Maybe it was Hollywood, or the civilian press, or maybe we did it to ourselves, by allowing those insipid, egocentric clowns- the MacArthurs and Halseys and Curtis E. LeMays- to define our image to the rest of the country. Point is, that's the image of those in uniform, and it couldn't be further from the truth.
- Two hundred million zombies. Who can even visualize that type of number, let alone combat it? At least this time around we knew what we were combating, but when you added up all the experience, all the data we'd compiled on their origin, their physiology, their strengths, their weaknesses, their motives, and their mentality, it still presented us with a gloomy prospect for victory. The book of war, the one we've been writing since one ape slapped another, was completely useless in this situation. We had to write a new one from scratch.
- For the first time in history, we faced an enemy that was actively waging total war. They had no limits of endurance. They would never negotiate, never surrender. They would fight until the very end because, unlike us, every single one of them, every second of every day, was devoted to consuming all life on Earth. That's the kind of enemy we had waiting for us beyond the Rockies. That's the kind of war we had to fight.
- Hope, New Mexico. Hope. I'm not kidding. The town was actually named Hope. They say the brass chose it because of the terrain, clear and open with the desert in front and the mountains in back. Perfect, they said, for an opening engagement, and that the name had nothing to do with it. Right.
- Did you see the movie, the one Elliot made about us? That scene with the campfire and the grunts all jawing in this witty dialogue, the stories and the dreams for the future, and even that guy with the harmonica. Dude, it was so not like that. First of all, it was the middle of the day, no campfires, no harmonica under the stars, and also everyone was really quiet. You knew what everyone was thinking though, "What the hell are we doing here?" This was Zack's house now, and as far as we were concerned, he could have it. We'd all had plenty of pep talks about "The Future of the Human Spirit." We'd seen the president's speech God knows how many times, but the prez wasn't out here on Zack's front lawn. We had a good thing going behind the Rockies. What the hell were we doing out here?
- The officers didn't tell us the attack was almost over, but you could see them looking through their scopes, talking on their radios. You could see the relief on their faces. I think the last shot was fired just before dawn. After that, we just waited for first light. It was kinda eeries, the sun rising over this mountainous ring of corpses. We were totally walled in, all sides were piled at least twenty feet high and over a hundred feet deep. I'm not sure how many we killed that day; stats always vary depending on who you get it from.
- They let us sleep as late as we wanted the next day. That was pretty sweet. Eventually the voices woke me up; everyone jawing, laughing, telling stories. It was a different vibe, one-eighty from two days ago. I couldn't really put a finger on what I was feeling, maybe it was what the president said about "reclaiming our future." I just knew I felt good, better than I had the entire war. I knew it was gonna be a real, long-ass road. I knew our campaign across America was just beginning, but, hey, as the prez said later that first night, it was finally the beginning of the end.
- Just puppies, you know, a couple of weeks old. Scared little babies screaming for their mommies, for anyone, to please come and save them.
I heard them die, one by one as their water bottles ran out. The dead never got in. They were still massed outside the gate when I escaped, ran right past without stopping to look. What could I have done? I was unarmed, untrained. I couldn't have taken care of them. I could barely take care of myself. What could I have done? ... Something. I could have done something.
- "Heroes," that's what we were, that's what our leaders wanted, that's what our people felt they needed. After all that has happened, not just in this war, but in so many wars before: Algeria, Indochina, the Nazis... you understand what I am saying... you see the sorrow and pity? We understood what the American President said about "reclaiming our confidence"; we understood it more than most. We needed heroes, new names and places to restore our pride.
- The Hospital.. that was our shining moment... the Hospital. [...] An advance team broke through without realizing what was on the other side. They could have withdrawn, blown the tunnel, sealed them in again... One squad against three hundred zombies. One squad led by my baby brother. His voice was the last thing we heard before their radio went silent. His last words: "On ne passe pas!"
- Rarely, like, blue-moon rarely, we'd enter a zone where we were totally not welcome. In Valley City, North Dakota, they were like, "Fuck you, army! You ran out on us, we don't need you!"... At least they let us in. The Rebs only welcomed you with gunshots.
- We were in Hammond, Indiana, scouting defenses for the siege of Chicago. He spied a house at the end of a deserted street, completely intact except for boarded up windows and a crashed-in front door. He got a look on his face, a grin. We should have known way before he dropped out of formation, before we heard the shot. He was sitting in the living room, in this worn, old easy chair, SIR between his knees, that smile still on his face. I looked up at the pictures on the mantlepiece. It was his home.
Part VIII: Good-Byes[edit]
- Last week I was listening to the radio and happened to hear [name withheld for legal reasons]. He was doing his usual thing- fart jokes and adolescent sexuality- and I remember thinking, "This man survived and my parents didn't."
- I wonder what future generations will say about us. My grandparents suffered through the Depression, World War II, then came home to build the greatest middle class in human history. Lord knows they weren't perfect, but they sure came closest to the American dream. Then my parents' generation came along and fucked it all up--the baby boomers, the "me" generation. And then you got us. Yeah, we stopped the zombie menace, but we're the ones who let it become a menace in the first place. At least we're cleaning up our own mess, and maybe that's the best epitaph to hope for: "Generation Z, they cleaned up their own mess."
- I went on a cruise two years ago, the Pan Pacific Line across the islands. We had people from everywhere, and even though the details might be different, the stories themselves were all pretty much the same. I know I come off as a little too optimistic, because I'm sure that as soon as things really get back to "normal", once our kids or grandkids grow up in a peaceful and comfortable world, they'll probably go right back to being as selfish and narrow-minded and generally shitty to one another as we were. But then again, can what we all went through really just go away? I once heard an African proverb, "One cannot cross a river without getting wet." I'd like to believe that.
- We lost a hell of a lot more than just people when we abandoned them to the dead. That's all I'm going to say.
- There's a little pond, in a small town in Poland, where they used to dump the ashes. The pond is still gray, even half a century later. I've heard it said that the holocaust had no survivors, that even those who managed to remain technically alive were so irreparably damaged, that their spirit, their soul, the person that they were supposed to be, was gone forever. I'd like to think that's not true. But if it is, then no one on Earth survived this war.
- You wanna know who lost World War Z? Whales. I guess they never really had a chance, not with several million hungry boat people and half the world's navies converted to fishing fleets. [...] So the next time someone tries to tell you about how the true losses of this war are "our innocence" or "part of our humanity"... Whatever, bro. Tell it to the whales.
- I love my country enough to admit that one of our national flaws is isolationism. I wanted to combat that in World War Z and maybe give my fellow Americans a window into the political and cultural workings of other nations. Yes, in World War Z some nations come out as winners and some as losers, but isn't that the case in real life as well? I wanted to base my stories on the historical actions of the countries in question, and if it offends some individuals, then maybe they should reexamine their own nation's history
- Max Brooks "Exclusive Interview: Max Brooks on World War Z". Eat My Brains!. October 20, 2006. Retrieved April 26, 2008.
- They scare me more than any other fictional creature out there because they break all the rules. Werewolves and vampires and mummies and giant sharks, you have to go look for them. My attitude is if you go looking for them, no sympathy. But zombies come to you. Zombies don't act like a predator; they act like a virus, and that is the core of my terror. A predator is intelligent by nature, and knows not to overhunt its feeding ground. A virus will just continue to spread, infect and consume, no matter what happens. It's the mindlessness behind it.
- Max Brooks Lance Eaton (October 2, 2006). "Zombies Spreading like a Virus: PW Talks with Max Brooks". Interview. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved January 15, 2009
- The lack of rational thought has always scared me when it came to zombies, the idea that there is no middle ground, no room for negotiation. That has always terrified me. Of course that applies to terrorists, but it can also apply to a hurricane, or flu pandemic, or the potential earthquake that I grew up with living in L.A. Any kind of mindless extremism scares me, and we're living in some pretty extreme times.
- Brooks, Max (October 6, 2006). "Zombie Wars", Washington Post, October 6, 2006.
- The movie and the book? [They] really don't have a lot in common. They got a great title!
- Max Brooks, at a Comic-Con 2013 panel. (July 24, 2013 - retrieved December 7, 2019.


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SAN JOSE – Big win for the Sharks, a well-deserved 3-1 victory that ended the Anaheim Ducks' winning streak at 10 games and handed them only their second regulation loss in the last 18,
Significant as that may have been, though, the best story out of the game was Sharks forward Bracken Kearns, who scored his first NHL goal at 32. That's the focal point of the print edition story just filed and available online here .
As Todd McLellan put it: "It's a great story, isn't it? It's great for him, but there's also a lesson in it about believing in yourself and persevering."
Even this year, McLelllan continued, "there were times where he probably could have been dejected a little bit about not coming up. He came up and he left his mark on the game and on our team tonight, and we're proud of him tonight."
Once again, a lot of good material didn't make the cut and we'll put it to good use here, starting with more from Kearns and going from there:
**** Kearns was quick to thank the Sharks for enabling him to fulfill a childhood dream, even if it took him until age 32 to accomplish it.
"I owe it to this organization," he said. "They gave me an opportunity. I don't know how many organizations out there would give a 32-year-old an opportunity like they gave me last year in the playoffs. You just keep working at it and setting your goals high. I've dreamt about scoring in the NHL since I was a kid so it's an amazing feeling."
Since the Sharks are looking for third and fourth line players to step up, is this an opportunity for him to stick around on a regular basis and contribute?
"I'd like to think so, but definitely one day at a time," he said. "That's one thing I've learned in this sport . It's a cliché, but it resonates well with me. You just have to work so hard every day in the position I'm in. When you catch a break like that you can't sit on it. You have to come back tomorrow and try to score a few more. I felt lucky to get that one. I'll just come back tomorrow and work hard."
Any idea where that puck will wind up?
"I hear it's coming back to me somehow," Kearns said. "I think they encase it. That's definitely a keeper for me."
****Joe Thornton on Kearns's achievement:
"Yeah, I didn't realize it was his first goal," the captain said. "First game up in a while and he buries it. All the bench had huge smiles on their faces and he had an even bigger one. Super-happy for him."
****McLellan also felt good for Logan Couture, who hadn't scored since a Dec. 3 empty-netter in Toronto despite taking 43 shots in the 11 games between that date and his goal in the first period tonight.
"I'm sure he feels the weight of the world off his shoulders now," McLellan said. "Yet, he comes down again in the third and hits the crossbar or post again. Hopefully he's not back on that train, but it was nice for him to get that goal and his teammates.
"You can tell when a guy is really, really important to your team," the coach added. "Everybody felt happy for him, and felt his relief on the bench."
****This was one of those games where McLellan was generous with praise – not always the case even after a win.
"The effort was very good," he said. "First shift into the game, when we lose Tommy, the bench got shorter. A lot of juggling. Tougher to get the matchups you want at home."
"To a man, I thought everybody left what they had on the ice. It was a still a tough night. They are a pretty darn good hockey club, they had a push at the end, but we hung in there and got the points we needed."
All McLellan said he knew about the injury to Wingels, by the way, was that it was upper body.
****Former Shark Dan Winnik was in a foul mood after being flattened by a sneaky quick elbow thrown by defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic that was caught on camera, but apparently not by the refs.
The cameras also caught the two jawing earlier with Winnik jabbing with his stick, so maybe there was a little payback involved. Who knows?
****Merc coverage of the second half of this mini-series with the Ducks is in the capable hands of @CurtisPashelka while I get a rare chance to welcome in 2014 with longtime friends.
That being the case, an early Happy New Year from the beat guy.


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America Does Run On Dunkin
Each morning after my three mile excuse for a workout, I head over to the local Dunkin Donuts to pick up an iced latte. Hey, I know it doesn't sound very manly but it just seems to taste a lot better than regular coffee. Anyway, each day I look at my Dunkin Donuts cup, branded with the new tagline "America Runs on Dunkin," and think, finally, an agency and a company that hit on a message which actually means something. Recently, there's been loser taglines like "Bold Moves" and "Leap Ahead" so it's refreshing to see Hill Holiday, Dunkin Donuts' agency, come up with a winner in "America Runs on Dunkin."
I love the tagline because it speaks directly to the "fuel" that many Americans depend on to get going in the morning. Just like re-fueling a car, that morning stop at the local Dunkin Donuts fills the tank with energy to keep one running all day long. While a 2003 research study found taglines not very effective, "America Runs on Dunkin" just feels right as well as actually says something, an admirable accomplishment in comparison to most meaningless taglines littering the current advertising landscape.


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EVM input buttons
(Redirected from Input buttonz)
If you would like some input buttons for your evm you can solder some push buttons right onto the board.
Just connect them between the LEDs [REF CHECK WHICH SIDE OF LED!] and ground.
If you want to retain LED functionality, just send a command to turn off the LED prior to polling for the input status, otherwise you will read the output value rather than the switch!


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